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Three circles with prescribed centres pass through one point and touch a fixed circle. When the tangents from that point are perpendicular, the midpoint of the point and the fixed centre lies on the medial circle of the three centres. A rectangular-hyperbola parametrization gives a direct proof including midpoint coincidences.
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